Imagine that a person was born with four types of cones. What would be the most likely difference in their visual perception?
A. They would see a wider array and a finer gradation of colors.
B. They would have better vision at night.
C. They would see things in more fine-grained detail.
D. They would be more sensitive to variations in brightness.
Answer: A
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a. the importance of evolutionary adaptations in learning. b. the limitations of using basic conditioning procedures in everyday situations. c. the distinction between acquisition of behavior and the performance of behavior. d. the role of cognitive processes in learning.
In comparison to those that use experimental techniques, observational researchers often use a process of testing hypotheses that is more
a. Formal b. Flexible c. Deductive d. Hypothesis driven
Which somatosense includes sensitivity to stimuli that involve touch, warmth, cold, and pain?
a. Skin senses b. Proprioceptive sense c. Vestibular sense d. Visceral sense
Which of the following phenomena is a function of the distribution of the rods and cones in the retina?
A. The moon looks much larger near the horizon than it looks when it is higher in the sky. B. The light from distant stars moving rapidly away from us shifts toward the red end of the spectrum. C. Stars can be seen during the daytime but only with difficulty. D. A dim star viewed at night may disappear when you look directly at it, but reappear when you look to one side of it.